FURTHER to recent letters and after reading the literature which accompanied my council tax demand notice, it appears I am more likely to require the services of the police and fire brigade than some of my neighbours.

If this is not the case, can anyone explain the logic of linking the precepts for the police and fire and rescue service to the rateable value of a property - the higher the rates the higher the precepts?

E Bradshaw,

Hawthorn Spinney,

Huntington, York.

Updated: 09:47 Tuesday, April 05, 2005